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paulgilding  ·  3910 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Carbon Crash, Solar Dawn

Sure, China is subsidising things as everyone does (Worldwide subsidies for fossil fuels are (from memory) over $500 billion, not counting externalities). They are no longer however racing to the bottom environmentally. They are overall a positive force in renewables, driving mass production and therefore allowing huge growth in installations (where most of the jobs are btw) in the US and other rich countries.

We can't compete on manufacturing when things go to mass production so we have to compete on higher end products, that applies to all things, not just renewables.

I'm very positive about China on energy (vs most people who just see coal but I see the response being game changing.